Word: gears
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...renewed upward thrust of inflation was pushing the topsy-turvy economy stage center as the public's biggest single concern. With the 1980 presidential campaign now in high gear, the question of what to do about the nation's worsening economic malaise is fast becoming the key election issue. Complains Houston Housewife Betsy Clark, 48: "I don't think there's a candidate running, including the President, who can handle inflation. My family is fighting high prices by putting off major house improvements and putting our money into art and antiques instead...
...were being boxed in by the riot trucks on one side and by a thin line of riot troops in full gear on the other side. When the people in the crowd on the sidelines saw the police attacking us, they rushed to our aid and pushed the riot police back, and they (the police) were scattered all over. I could see the flicker of fear in their eyes; they (the police) didn't really want to fight. They moved back very quickly," Linda Gail Arrigo, believed to be the only American to take part in the demonstration and wife...
...ballots in '76, GOP candidates aren't likely to sink many hard-won dollars into a media blitz this year. If Bush wins (and with his well-oiled Massachusetts campaign machinery, he could capture 35 per cent of the vote), the victory will simply help him shift into higher gear and take in more contributions from his increasing number of college-educated, upper-income supporters. Others can write off the state beforehand and blame Bush's Andover and Yale backgroung for a strong New England showing...
Richard Gere is a remarkable actor. He proved so in Days of Heaven and he is now lugging rocks to raves in Bent on Broadway. But his gigolo moves in low gear, too serious if Schrader's attempt was satire, too absurd if the attempt was straight-faced. Michelle's Senator-husband summed it up perfectly: "I know a whore when...
...nation status, which has long been denied to Moscow, meaning that tariffs on Peking's goods will be reduced to the lowest rates levied on imports from other U.S. trading partners. The Defense Department announced that the U.S. is now willing to sell China military equipment, including trucks, communications gear and early-warning radar, but no weapons. The Air Force flew several B-52s from Guam over Soviet ships in the Indian Ocean to demonstrate U.S. ability to project military power in the area. Said a Pentagon official: "If that message was lost on them, their hearing aids were turned...